St. Christopher School

Welcome to the wonderful World of Fantasy!!

 In February our students learned all about pronouns, vocabulary, verbs, and organizational skills.

Ms. Cate and her little "leprechauns" are marching into the "Wonderful World of Fantasy" where the students can use their imagination beyond their wildest dreams. The students have created and completed their first "Storyboard."

What is a storyboard?

Once a concept or script is written for a film or animation, the next step is to make a storyboard. A storyboard visually tells the story of an animation panel by panel, kind of like a comic book.

Your storyboard will should convey some of the following information:

• What charaters are in the frame, and how are they moving?
• What are the characters saying to each other, if anything?
• How much time has passed between the last frame of the storyboard and the current one?
• Why make a storyboard?

Creating a storyboard will help you plan your animation out shot by shot. You can make changes to your storyboard before you start animating, instead of changing your mind later. You will also be able to talk about your animation and show your storyboard to other people to get feedback on your ideas, before creating their fantasy book..

Our new Eno board is the the best thing since sliced bread, it is  incredible, yet very user- friendly. We started using the board the moment we stepped into the classroom after our vacation and we haven't stopped. The Eno board allowed us to take a  virtual tour through the fantasy world.

The fifth graders are currently working on vocabulary not to mention their grammar skills. Instead of just learning the root words, prefixes and suffixes they are also learning how the word is used in a sentence. For example is the word being used as a verb, noun, or adjective?

From the students of 5C